Bronx 15-Year-Old Fatally Shot Walking to School, Three Teen Suspects Sought

On the morning of Thursday, October 30, 2026, 15-year-old Javits Frimpong was fatally shot near East 171st Street and Crotona Place in the Bronx as he walked to school. The shooting occurred around 9:30 a.m.; the boy was struck in the stomach and later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Surveillance footage captured three masked teenage suspects fleeing the scene, and the NYPD launched a search for all three. Frimpong's father told reporters that just three days before the killing, the school principal had informed him that two classmates were bullying his son and had been suspended for one week; the father believes the shooting was connected to that bullying incident. Community members and elected officials expressed grief and outrage over the daytime attack carried out on a school day in a residential neighbourhood. No arrests had been made as of Thursday afternoon, and police urged anyone with information to come forward. The case renewed calls for stronger anti-violence intervention in Bronx schools.